Thursday, August 20, 2009

Recently, I am playing with Digital Signature set up for Outlook 2003. To set that up, you need to create a Digital Certificate. I found a free Personal Email Certificate provide Thawte (www.thawte.com). Thawte Server CA is a Trusted Root Certification Authorities in IE.

To Set up Outlook Digital Signature, follow these steps

Setting Up A Thawte Account:

1. Go to the website: http://www.thawte.com/email/

2. Click on the red “join” button

3. Read the Terms and Conditions and then click “next”

4. Fill out the requested information on this page

Leave the character set as default

5. Click “Next”

6. Fill in your USA National Identification Number

Select the Type of number you entered

Enter your email address. This should be first-last@uiowa.edu NOT the

abcdef@iowa.uiowa.edu

7. Click “Next”

8. Use the defaults for Language and Charset

9. Click “Next”

10. Enter a password twice

11. Click “Next”

12. Enter a Contact Number

13. Choose 5 Questions and answer them

14. Click “Next”

15. Confirm your Information

16. Click “Next”

17. Wait for the Confirmation Email

18. Click on the website link in the confirmation email

19. Enter the Probe and Ping Information from the Email

20. Click “Next”

21. Your Account should now be active

22. Click “Next”

Request A Personal E-mail Certificate:

1. Enter your account information. (This will be your email and password for